70+6'& 0#6+105 ' 'EQPQOKE CPF 5QEKCN %QWPEKN Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/1999/58/Add.1 9 December 1998 ENGLISH Original: ENGLISH/FRENCH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-fifth session Item 11 (c) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Report submitted by Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/18 Addendum Visit to the United States of America CONTENTS Paragraphs INTRODUCTION I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 LEGAL SITUATION IN THE FIELD OF RELIGION OR BELIEF 7 - 28 4 A. 9 - 21 5 10 - 17 5 . . . . . . 18 - 21 7 B. Federal legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - 26 9 C. Other matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 - 28 10 Constitutional and jurisprudential guarantees . 1. Free exercise of religion 2. “Non-establishment” of religion GE.98-14896 (E) . . . . . . . . . 1 - Page